Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Dissection, Analogy, Environmentalism, Exhibitions, Industry, Commerce, Materialism

    Describes a proposed 'incision' to the 'right lung'—Kensington Gardens—of London. Explains that this cut will be deep in order to establish communication between Bayswater and Kensington Gore, a decision informed by the demands of the International Exhibition, and thus illustrating the sacrifice of 'natural objects' for 'material interests' and 'manufactures of a rich and magnificent kind'.